Question follow-through · 81367
United Utilities Water: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of water lost to leakage in the United Utilities network in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of water lost to leakage in the United Utilities network in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
Total leakage data is reported to the Environment Agency annually by water companies through the statutory Water Resources Management Plan annual review process. A summary of 2023/24 water company performance across the country, which includes leakage dat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Poultry: Animal Welfare
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Flood Control: Stockport
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Paraquat
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the risks associated with the use of paraquat.
Flour
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the UK’s flour milling industry.
Sewage: North West
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Foie Gras and Furs: Imports
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timeline is for banning the import of foie gras and fur into the UK.
Noise: Greater Manchester
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Flood Control: Stockport
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Paraquat: Exports
1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 484 titled Paraquat, if she will make it her policy to ban the export of paraquat.
Recycling
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to encourage the uptake of reuse and repair as drivers of a more circular economy.
Recycling
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16084 on Recycling, when she expects to publish the Circular Economy Growth Plan.